Critters

I often wonder if other people secretly have wild adventures and are just more discrete about what they tell people or if I have a disproportionate amount of unusual things happen to me. It really seems like something "blogworthy" happens in our house pretty often. For example, I was recently reflecting on the amount of wildlife that we have discovered in or around our house- who can forget the great mouse infestation of 08, then there was the pigeon in the fireplace, the man in the dumpster, and now we have ducks practically taking up residence in our front yard and a family of possums in the backyard cohabitating with three known yardcats. I love that I never know what a day will hold in our life.

These are the ducks that come by almost daily for bread. One of them is really loud and insistent. We are growing rather attached to our web-footed friends.

We think that this is the daddy possum. His tail gives me the heeby jeebies.

This wildlife is a bit more cuddly! I love my morning snuggle times. Just a few more weeks and I can start every day with two babies and a bear in my bed! Evyn's hair seriously looks like Don King in this picture!

And how precious is this critter? I love this little girl so much. She perfectly completes our family. Carter calls her "Ev" or "sister" and I love watching him love her. The other night he was praying and he said "Thank you, Jesus, for throwing Evyn in mommy's tummy." So sweet. She has been a little "off" with her tummy this week, but even when she feels funny, she is the sweetest baby ever. I seriously did not know that babies could be this easy. It is a good thing that Carter was born first or I might have asked for a refund! (Carter- if you read this one day, I am teasing and I love you more than you can imagine. But your sister is a MUCH easier baby!)